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Coupland, Nikolas and Jon F. Nussbaum, eds. 1993. Discourse and Lifespan Identity. (Language and Language Behavior Series 4). SAGE Publications. 308 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
ISBN
0-8039-5105-1

Annotation

This volume considers language as a tool to constitute and define our identities across the lifespan, and even as a means to create and manage our concept of the various stages of life, emphasizing the notion of the developing self. The three main sections deal with: discursively formulating the lifespan; achieving control, transition and continuity; and discourse and intergenerational relationships.

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